Improvement in calendar-inkstands



CIB. HQWARD. Calendar-Inkstand.

' No. 209,169. Patented ot.v22,1878.

`inclined notches or indents a1 a2.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

OYRUS R. HOWARD, OE WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE- HALE HIS RIGHT To STANTON M. HOWARD, OF SAME PLACE.

IM PROVEMENT IN CALEN DAR-INKSTAN DS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,169, dated October 22, 1878; application liled March 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GYRUS B. HOWARD, ofthe city of Wheeling', in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstand and Calendar Combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- surface the numerals representing the days of the month and the names of the days of the Week, the construction of the inkstand being such that the day of the week can be adjusted in proper relation to the date of the month to form a perpetual calendar.

The drawing is an exterior view of an inkstand with a portion out away to show interior construction.

rIhe letter B designates the baseof the stand, having an interior partition, b. A is a movable annular case, havingpressed or engraved upon its surface the numerals designating the days of the month, arranged in equal spaces around the surface of the case or jacket. The top interior edge of the case is provided with E is an ink-well, having a projecting rim, C, upon which the days of the week are pressed orl engraved in spaces corresponding to those on the case A. The neck or body of the well is provided with notches or stops, inclined or otherwise, to f1t into the notches in the case below, for the purpose of preventing the well from moving from its position When the days of the week are adjusted in proper relation to the days of the month. D is a cap or lid.

The names for the days of the week, or the usual letter abbreviations, and numerals for the days of the month, can be raised upon or sunk below the surface of the cylindrical case A, or they may be ground on the surface; or they all can be formed upon the interior surface of the case, if so desired.

In case the letters and numerals are pressed into the glass the outer surface surrounding them can be ground to relieve them and give an ornamental appearance, or the depressions can beetched out with acid to distinguish them from the plain glass.

In operating the calendar to'pset the days of the week with the days of the month upon which they fall, the ink-well is turned around sufficiently to place the days of the week directly over the space containing the proper days ofthe month. The stops around the neck catch and lock in the notches in the top edge of the case, and hold it securely until again changed at the beginning of themOnth.

The advantages of being readily cleaned, not liable to disiigurement or displacement, and always at hand and iu sight are obvious, and need not speciallyV be referred to.

I do not wish to confine myself to any par-y ticular form of construction or style of finish, as it is evident that many different styles and modes could be devised that would still be substantially within the scope of my invention. The base can be extended to contain one or .more wells for different-colored inks, if so desired, the calendar-well forming the central one of the group.

HavingA described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is

l. The combination of the base B, having the annular partition b, the movable case A, having the number of all the days ofthe month exhibited upon its outer surface, and the inkwell E, having the rim C, exhibiting the days of the week, substantially as described.

2. The case A of an inkstand, provided with notches at the top, and calendar of the days of the month on the side, and an ink-well having a rim with similar notches underneath, and calendar of the days of the Week on the side, in combination with the base B, having the annular partition b, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS HOWARD.

Witnesses J No. MORGAN, HARRY YOUNG. 

